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The DYI wet pallet hack was a complete game changer for me. My premium wet pallet never performed the way I needed it to. For the first time, I feel like I can really develop brush control because I know what the paint is going to do. I have made DYI pallets in the past, but seeing the demo was next level.
@@SiegeStudios I would go so far as to say that listening to the pod has done more for improving my painting than anything I've done before (RU-vid videos, workshops with the Hobby's top artists, etc.). For me, understanding the thought process behind a technique and listening to the discussion about workflows, framing projects, etc., has been the missing link in my understanding to get me to my next level. The quality of the pod is so good, you've convinced me to become Patreon supporter! Cheers George and James!
Re 'realism' on old Forge World models. I remember chatting with a FW staffer who was a bit hacked off his GD entry didn't place because in the Judges' words it was"too realistic". Good show as ever, thanks.
I think doing your base after completing the model but before painting makes for better light coherence in your painting composition while also being overall faster, but less of an option when doing competition pieces with their more involved bases.
That reminds me I want some blood angels 😂 I've got my piles of potential under my bench, it consists of second hand gundam,new gundam, scale cars , miniatures and several things I've printed
Bon Maman strawberry jam and fresh croissants. Thé way to start a day during the cool of summer mornings 😊 Where does the 'pile of shame' logic come from? Does a car enthousiast feel shame over his garage with old cars; Is a comic fan ashamed over having numerous comics? No. Simply because it isn't some random pile, it is a collection. As is warhammer for us. New in box, assembled, or painted; it is still a part of the agglomeration. So definately a pile of potential and something to be proud of. Example: Did I need the three old metal Goff Rockers for gameplay reasons? No, but, I'm both happy and proud to have them in my Ork amassment ^^
One of the things with painting in the grim dark style is that you can have real fun trying out new things. You can paint grim dark with just acrylics and your standard brushes but there is a huge amount of different approaches you can try. It is also interesting what you can do with waste materials and things you find around the house to influence this effect.
autotek matt black spray, i`d rate it as consistent as GW or Colourforge, as a rattle can, for nearly half the price, but its gotten harder to get in my area
Ironically perhaps grimdark is the approach that helps if paints change - if you look at a picture of soldiers deployed, its extremely rare that uniforms and kit are the same colour. Having some wear and variability can allow for some of the paint differences.
Good show. Think this could have used a bit more explanation of common grimdark techniques and materials beyond just weathering and blood/rust. Especially when it comes to oil and enamel washes
If you lose motivation to paint a squad or project partway through, just tell your partner or a friend about it and show them a WIP. You’ll finish it because of the shame you’ll feel if they ask you about it and you have to admit you haven’t done anything.
If models are habitually unfinished it becomes difficult to improve as a painter. The difference between an average paint job and excellent is that extra 10% at the end. Not getting to "finished" means you won't get reps in on that elusive last 10%.
i think either learning something and winner and mutually exclusive. you can win and still learn. just means yours was the best out of the competition, not that your model is perfect and nothing to improve on.
If there was anything we could do for our Aussie listeners to make it cheaper I promise we would. The best we can suggest to get the cost down is to potentially do a group order with some friends or gaming group, etc, and split the cost!
"BATTLEGROUND" (by STeven King). Film where Toy Soldiers come alive and take issue with a dude. Amazing film. This is what could happen if you mistreat your toys.
The Indian in the cupboard by Lynne Banks is the story I believe you are talking about. Grim dark is a style of painting not a reflection on the quality of the paint job. It's dark, very dark, dank, dirty style.
@@kealyj Oh Wow! Thank you. I checked up and I will have watched it on Jackanory read by Martin Jarvis. That was in 1981. I didn't know it was a proper film, cool. Lynne Ried Banks passed away only earlier this year at 94. Thanks to you and James I now have a movie to watch, yay.😁
When I hear grimdark, I don't think of heavy weathering, or heavy battle damage, in fact some of what I consider the best examples have no weathering or damage. Instead it's capturing the overall mood described in a lot of 40k texts. How everything is barely hanging together, everything is 'tired'. What I think of is really muted colours, it gives a feeling that even the colours are tired. To try and put it more into words than 'a feeling', imagine painting red, and Khorne red is your about your brightest highlight, or Kantor is your brightest blue. It's the appearance you'd get seeing all the models in twilight rather than at midday.
Id agree with this take. Muted colours (or even a zorn palette if youre a true Blanche enthusiast) and enough weathering to make it look used and dirty but not like its just been fished out of the garbage. Also easy on the rust and texture paints, I hate when joints and mechanical workings have so much rust and gunk on and in them they look totally clogged and non-functional, whilst being part of a machine that is meant to be working and moving about.
I tried getting some old Vallejo 70.950 but no luck, 4 new bottles arrived, even though the image was the old image! Can you tell me what the difference actually is? Thanks!
@@GeorgeColemanMinis 😮 I better stock up. I imagine it will take awhile for the new stock to get to us down here in New Zealand so hopefully there is still lots of the old stock available!
I think you're on the money with what grimdark really is. I don't think it's necessarily tied to painting, it's far more of a mood and feeling. My first exposure to grimdark as a term came through tabletop role-playing games, to describe a dark, gritty, evil setting. Like Middle Earth if Sauron had won (Midnight, an old Grimdark D20 role-playing game.) As far as painting it goes, it's a feeling that can be achieved at both a high and low level of refinement.
You miss a key point with Grimdark - technology is failing, knowledge is lost like the Dark Ages, no one knows how to repair things, so everything is failing, patched, rusting, and falling into disrepair. "Weep, for they know not what they have lost." Listen to the Fall of Civilizations podcast. Hear about the twilight of one of these civilizations which once held MILLIONS of people. Walk those streets as night falls on these once-thriving civilizations. THAT is Grimdark.
It's a little more than that. Grimdark always had a niche audience and it's just gaining in popularity as people realize that the box art 'Eavy Metal style isn't the only style out there. There's also a lot of scale model painters moving into the hobby and bringing a more realistic style with them.
